BACKGROUND To quantify the variability among centers and to identify centers whose performance are potentially outside of normal variability in the primary outcome and to propose a guideline that they are outliers. METHODS Novel statistical methodology using a Bayesian hierarchical model is used. Bayesian methods for estimation and outlier detection are applied assuming an additive random cen...

Enabling smartphones to understand our emotional well-being provides the potential create personalised applications and highly responsive interfaces. However, this is by no means a trivial task - subjectivity in reporting emotions impacts reliability of ground-truth information whereas smartphones, unlike specialised wearables, have limited sensing capabilities. In paper, we propose new approac...

Muscadine grapes are high in phytochemicals beneficial to humans, such as resveratrol and ellagic acid. Four studies were conducted to explore the relationship between phytochemical content, berry quality, and disease control following full season or early season applications of fungicides. In each study foliar and fruit diseases were lower in the full season treatment compared to the control, ...

The grey mould fungus Botrytis cinerea causes losses of commercially important fruits, vegetables and ornamentals worldwide. Fungicide treatments are effective for disease control, but bear the risk of resistance development. The major resistance mechanism in fungi is target protein modification resulting in reduced drug binding. Multiple drug resistance (MDR) caused by increased efflux activit...

Fungicide application is a key factor in the control of mycotoxin contamination in the harvested wheat grain. However, the practical results are often disappointing. In 2000-2004, 2006-2008 and 2007 and 2008, three experiments were made to test the efficacy of fungicide control on Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) in wheat and to find ways to improve control of the disease and toxin contamination. In ...

Fungicide-resistant Alternaria alternata impede the practical control of the Alternaria diseases in crop fields. This study aimed to investigate cytological fungicide resistance mechanisms of A. alternata against dicarboximide fungicide iprodione. A. alternata isolated from cactus brown spot was cultured on potato-dextrose agar (PDA) with or without iprodione, and the fungal cultures with diffe...

Aim. To study the variability of intrapopulation structure causative agent wheat leaf rust ( Puccinia triticina Erikss.) on basis pathogenicity under influence combined fungicide Abacus Ultra, SE. Material and Methods. The studies were carried out in greenhouse complex Federal Research Center Biological Plant Protection winter variety Krasnodarskaya 99 which is susceptible to rust. material stu...